(240508) -- ZHENGZHOU, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) --Guillaume Large (Chen Shaoquan), a 44-year-old Taichi enthusiast from Bordeaux of France, has been practicing Taichi for over 20 years. Guillaume Large got a sports injury in his young age and decided to start practicing Taichi at a local club in France as a way of recovery. From then on he gradually fell in love with Taichi. In 2007, Guillaume Large and his fellows established an association, aiming to promote Chinese culture in France through teaching Taichi and Chinese, etc.
In 2013, he started to learn Taichi from Chen Ziqiang, the head coach of Chenjiagou Taichi School in Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province. Since then, he has led French students to come to study in Chenjiagou almost every year. "Now French people are becoming increasingly fond of Chinese culture, and I hope our relationship could get better and better," Guillaume Large said.
Chen Ziqiang (front R) instructs Guillaume Large (front L) in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (3rd L) communicates with French students in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (1st L) and French students visit Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A French student takes a video of the Taichi performance in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A student performs Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (front) practices Taichi with French students in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large drinks water after a training session of Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (front L) practices Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Guillaume Large practices Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Guillaume Large (front L) practices Taichi with Chen Ziqiang (front R) in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024.(Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (1st L) practices Taichi with French students in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A French student practices stone-lift in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (front) practices Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
French students practice Taichi on the St. Emilion Monolithic Church Square near Bordeaux, France, 2019. (Xinhua)
Guillaume Large (L) visits Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
This aerial drone photo taken on April 19, 2024 shows people practicing Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Guillaume Large (front L) and Chen Ziqiang (front R) practice Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024.(Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (front L) practices Taichi with Chen Ziqiang (front R) in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Chen Ziqiang (L) instructs Guillaume Large in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Guillaume Large (1st R) and French students visit in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Guillaume Large (front L) and Chen Ziqiang (front R) practice Taichi with French students in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Guillaume Large (front R) practices Taichi with Chen Ziqiang in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
Guillaume Large (2nd R) watches a Taichi performance in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Chen Ziqiang (front) practices Taichi with French students in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
Chen Ziqiang (L) instructs Guillaume Large in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)■
